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Dance

I graduated with a BFA in Acting from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. While there, I also received a Minor in Voice from the University of Louisville School of Music. I started my dance training with the School of the Louisville Ballet.

School of Louisville Ballet

Since I grew up way out in the country, I had to wait until I got to Louisville to study dance. I always knew I had it on the inside.

At the time, the School was in the basement of the School of Music (where I was studying Voice). I started taking 1 class/wk. A fraternity brother of mine was going out with one of the girls in the Corp and he took class with me also. He broke up with her, but I kept going.

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Minor in Voice

I graduated with a BFA in Acting from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. While there, I also received a Minor in Voice from the University of Louisville School of Music. I started my dance training with the School of the Louisville Ballet.

Audition

To get into the School of Music, I sang “All for the Best” from Godspell. I have always loved vaudeville. A few years later, I rapped this song in a production in Cincinnati – when rap was just becoming mainstream.

Can you name all the (now famous) actors in this film? Be sure to look for the double time finale shot on top of the World Trade Center.
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BFA in Acting

University of Louisville

I graduated with a BFA in Acting from the University of Louisville in Kentucky. While there, I also received a Minor in Voice from the University of Louisville School of Music. I started my dance training with the School of the Louisville Ballet.

In addition to acting classes, I also took classes like Script Analysis, Voice, Movement, Diction, Stage Design, Stagecraft, Stage Makeup, and Directing. It was a very well-rounded approach.

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Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity

Pledging

I pledged Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity when I first arrived at University of Louisville in Fall 1984 and initiated in January 1985. The chapter name is Beta Beta, which means it was the 54th chapter formed. During Fall Rush, I looked at all the other fraternities, but I felt most at home at the Phi Tau house. I can vividly remember walking up the front porch steps and President Bob Gillespie smiled and shook my hand. He invited me in to see the rest of the house and to meet the Rush Chairman Charlie Fell. I am lucky that God gave me a brain, but I felt like I needed slightly older guys to help mold my social skills. This was such a milestone in my development into the man I am today.

Chris Rogers 1984 Phi Kappa Tau House Composite
Chris Rogers 1984 Phi Kappa Tau (Beta Beta) House Composite. Since I just pledged, I am on bottom row (red arrow). Click on photo to enlarge.
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Pre-Med Training

My Pre-Med training included college-level Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics & Physics while still in high school, thru the Advanced Placement (AP) program. I understand and can make sense of all that highly technical and scientific text.

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